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Detroit police kill seven-year-old child

Detroit police kill seven-year-old child By Jerry White 17 May 2010 Detroit police shot and killed a seven-year-old girl during an early morning raid of a home on the city’s east side Sunday morning. The child, Aiyana Stanley Jones, was struck in the head and neck area while sleeping on a couch at the home on Lillibridge Street. In a Sunday morning press conference Assistant Police Chief Ralph Godbee said police were executing a "no-knock" search warrant for a homicide suspect in the two-apartment home. He said the police--members of the heavily armed Special Response Team--threw a flash grenade through an unopened window around 12:45 a.m. before charging in with guns drawn.